Former Engineer Now Top-Selling Author on Amazon Due to Selfless Act of Kindness

<blockquote> <p>&ldquo;One guy saw another sitting there, bored and alone trying to sell his stuff, and he just came over to say hello out of an act of kindness&hellip;And that one act by one person triggered a tsunami of generosity after.&rdquo; &mdash; Author Shawn Warner, per&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/viral-tiktok-amazon-bestseller-list-shawn-warner-rcna93132" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">NBC News</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Intoday&rsquo;s digital world, social media has a tremendous impact on people&rsquo;s lives.</p> <p>It can change fortunes and launch careers, as we witnessed with Shawn Warner, a new author whose first book quickly became a bestseller on Amazon.</p> <p><strong>Per an excerpt from&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://people.com/texas-author-becomes-overnight-bestseller-after-video-of-him-trying-to-sell-his-books-at-a-store-goes-viral-7557879" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>People</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Warner,&nbsp;<strong>58</strong>, a former army veteran and engineer, said he decided to pursue his &ldquo;childhood dream&rdquo; of becoming a writer despite naysayers telling him throughout his life, &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t make a living out of doing that,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shawnwarner.com/bio" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">according to his website</a>.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote> <h2>An Act of Kindness and the Power of Social Media</h2> <p>Shawn Warner was promoting his debut novel, &ldquo;Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor,&rdquo; at a Kroger store near Fort Worth, Texas.</p> <p>On that day,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@internetfamouslol" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Jerrad &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Swearengin</a>&nbsp;came by, noticed Warner looking downcast, and stopped for a chat. Warner shared a bit about his murder mystery story, where a teenage girl teams up with a ghost who has different personalities to solve her parents&rsquo; murders.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/writers-blokke/former-engineer-now-top-selling-author-on-amazon-due-to-selfless-act-of-kindness-147caf6a763b"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>